chivvychivvyD.J.:[ˈtʃivi]K.K.:[ˈtʃɪvi]v.1.■(使)烦扰,耍花招
chivvy['tʃivi]vt.,vi.1.■[比喻](使)困惑，烦恼；恼人，厌烦n.1.■=chevy变形n.chivvies变形vt.,vi.chivviedchivvying
chivvy(亦作 chivy)(-ies, -ied)- [with obj.]tell (someone) repeatedly to do something
反复催促（某人）做（某事）
an association which chivvies government into action.
一个不停地敦促政府采取行动的协会。
语源- late 18th cent.: probably from the ballad Chevy Chase, celebrating a skirmish (probably the battle of Otterburn, 1388) on the Scottish border (but often mistakenly thought to be a place name). Originally a noun denoting a hunting cry, the term later meant 'a pursuit', hence the verb 'chase, worry' (mid 19th cent.)
chivvy
■Most members of Parliament did not chivvy the government into action.
大多数议员没有敦促政府采取行动。
■If you chivvy the labourers along a bit I'm sure they could do the work faster.
如果你对工人催着一点，我相信他们会干得更快些。
■We'll have to chivvy the children up about their school work.
我们得反复向孩子们就他们的学业方面提出要求。
■We need someone dynamic to chivvy the team along.
我们需要一个充满活力的人督促团队的工作。
■I shall come down your burrow and chivvy you out like an old stoat
我要钻进你的地洞里去，象赶一只老鼬鼠一般把你赶出来。
■Do the responsible persons of this chivvy on Ju Ji Hun have a humane conscience?
这些对朱智勋咄咄逼人的参与者,还有良知吗?
■That leaves us with two alternative policies: hope that people chivvy each other into action, or hope that governments swap some of their taxes on labour and capital for taxes on carbon.
这让我们有两个应对之策：希望人们相互呼吁行动起来，或者希望政府将其在劳力和资本方面的部分税收转移到碳税。